Eindhovense Studenten Vereniging Demos (Eindhoven Students' Association Demos) is a students' association in

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. Its members are mostly students at the

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or the Fontys Hogeschool Eindhoven. The association was founded on March 14, 1963. The association is not based on traditional values, but on

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and the equal status of its members. It has no

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. Since 1969, Demos has resided in ''The Bunker'', a building it shares with various other students' associations. In 2012, it was announced that The Bunker is to be demolished, and Demos is set to move to a new building in Eindhoven's city center in the spring of 2016.

External links

Official website

References

Student societies in the Netherlands {{netherlands-university-stub